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Tennis Serve Toss Expectations And The Reality Of It
Dear Mr. Mencinger: Great blog and website. I need your help, please. I am an active club player. 31 yrs old playing my best overall game (good groundstrokes and volleys). But for the last 2 years, my serve toss has been a struggle. I thought it was technique, but I have served well in the [...]
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Published 6 days ago

The Most Efficient Way To Improve Your Tennis
What’s the best advice you can give me on how to improve my game most efficiently? I’m an educator in passion and mathematician by training, so I’m always interested in the most efficient method. Feenix Y. Pan, Ph.D. Learning Consultant in Mathematics www.door2math.com...
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Published 2 weeks ago

I Don’t Like Competing In Tennis And Hurting Other People’s Feelings If I Win
I’ve been playing tennis for about two years. I’ve always liked it  but I’ve never liked the competition aspect of it. I just don’t understand the need for competition. All is see in it is to see who is the winner and who is the loser. I find happiness in hitting the ball over [...]
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Published 4 weeks ago

Roger Federer â€" Andy Murray Australian Open 2010 Final Analysis
Roger Federer and Andy Murray started the final of the Australian Open 2010 in a very controlled manner. There was of course a lot on stake for both players. Andy Murray was looking for his first Grand Slam title while Roger was looking to extend his record of Grand Slams to 16 and slowly but...
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Published 2 months ago

Interview Insights â€" Kim Clijsters at Australian Open 2010
Kim Clijsters has had a good run at the Australian Open 2010 until her third match with Nadya Petrova when she unexpectedly lost 6:0, 6:1. Many players can start to doubt their abilities and lose confidence and don’t know how to approach such a match with the correct mindset. But that’s the...
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Published 2 months ago

Analyzing Your Effort In Tennis Matches
One of the main reasons why you lose games and eventually matches is because you don’t give 100% of effort all the time. You may feel down, frustrated or disappointed (you’re in a low activation state) or you may feel angry, upset or nervous (you’re in a high activation state). In either...
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Published 2 months ago

Review of Andre Agassi’s Open: An Autobiography
I’ve recently had the chance to read Andre Agassi’s autobiography, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Open is definitely the right title since Andre really opens up about every aspect of his life. He openly shares his thoughts about tennis, his relationship with his father, his relationships...
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Published 3 months ago

Nikolay Davydenko â€" Juan Martin Del Potro ATP Final Match Analysis
Nikolay Davydenko won his first ATP Finals Championship by beating Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3, 6-4. Davydenko was clearly the more aggressive player and possibly even fresher than Del Potro. I’ve analyzed the match with my usual modified aggressive margin system and the system clearly shows what...
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Published 4 months ago

Why Did Djokovic Stop Fighting?
Novak Djokovic lost his second Round Robin match to Robin Soderling 6-7, 1-6. Novak was very frustrated and angry because Robin played fantastic tennis â€" hitting the lines with his groundstrokes and sending serves with over 200 km /h with regularity. The thinking that went through Novak’s...
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Published 4 months ago

Thoughts On Federer’s Loss To Julien Benneteau
Roger Federer lost his 2nd round match at the Paris Bercy Masters 1000 to Julien Benneteau 3-6, 7-6, 6-4. I watched the whole match and here are some tennis thoughts on it: Roger Federer’s backhand (Photo by AP) 1.    Roger Federer played many more drive and top spin backhands than...
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Published 4 months ago